Hi everybody,
You might find interest in the latest Kindle DX e-reader just unveiled by Amazon, and due to be released this summer. The device is 250% bigger than the previous Kindle and has a built-in PDF document reader. Amazon has announced deals with the New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe, and also with leading textbook publishers.
Here are excerpts from the Amazon page at http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Amazons ... B0015TCML0:
“At Amazon, we've always been obsessed with having every book ever printed, and we know that even the best reading device would be useless without a massive selection of books you want to read. Today, the Kindle Store has more than 275,000 books available, plus top newspapers, magazines, and blogs. This is just the beginning. Our vision is every book ever printed, in any language, all available in less than 60 seconds. We won't stop until we get there.
Whether you prefer biographies, classics, investment guides, thrillers, or sci-fi, thousands of your favorite books are available, including 107 of 112 books currently found on the New York Times® Best Seller list. New York Times Best Sellers and most new releases are $9.99, and you'll find many books for less.”
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“Kindle supports wireless delivery of unprotected Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files. In addition, DOCX conversion is supported as an experimental feature.
If you would like to download your personal documents for free, or if you are not in a wireless area, you can send attachments to "name"@free.kindle.com to be converted and e-mailed to your computer at the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.com account login. You can then transfer the document to your Kindle using your USB connection. For example, if your Kindle email address is Jay@Kindle.com, send your attachments to Jay@free.kindle.com.”
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“Kindle DX also includes free built-in access to the world's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia--www.Wikipedia.org. ”
You’ll find more detailed information on the above page, and also comments at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8036436.stm
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert